Managing my own server

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okt 282012

I recently started renting a virtual private server. As an operating system I’m using CentOS.

For now I’ll use the server to host my websites, but I’m planning on experimenting with Java applications in the future.

It’s an interesting experience to manage everything by myself for a change. There are a lot of things that need configuration and tuning. Especially security is a challenge.

It’s not easy, but I’m confident I’ll make it work and help me get a better understanding of webhosting and Linux.

When I’m done playing with the server and have some free time, I’ll move this website to it as well.

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 21:26

First Lego League 4 Grown Ups

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sep 172012

Last Friday I participated in the “First Lego League 4 Grown Ups”.

We were supposed to build and program a robot in about three hours time, after which we could test them in a friendly competition. Having seen children do this in the past, it was a welcome change to try this myself some time.

Three hours is not enough to build and program a serious robot for a competition, but it was nice to see some old colleagues and acquaintances.

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 18:16

Exellior training

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mei 282012

For a few months now, I’ve been participating in the Exellior sales/behavior training. The training was organized by my work and is meant to make people aware of how certain behavior can affect others in a positive or negative way.

The training is originally used for salesmen, but there are a lot of things that can be applied in everyday live.

Last Thursday I received my certificate.

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 20:12

Road safety training

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apr 152012

After having my driver’s license for over two years now, I decided to take an all-day road safety training last Thursday.

We learned to control and get out of a slip, emergency breaking and even getting out of a car that is upside down. We also got some great theory course and I really think I learned a lot about controlling a car in traffic.

It was a great experience!

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 16:41

BLS-AED diploma

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mrt 282012

Yesterday I got my Basic life support including automated external defibrillation (BLS-AED) diploma!

It was a very nice experience to do something that has to do with something entirely different then computers or software. Also, it might help me to save a life someday.

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 20:02

TechDays 2012

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feb 182012

Last Thursday and Friday I visited the Microsoft TechDays.

It was very interesting to hear about the new developments for Windows and other Microsoft products. Some of the subjects are known for a while, but it was very meaningful to hear the developers and managers talk about it themselves.

One thing I’m particularly excited about is the new way of asynchronous programming using the “async” and “await” keywords. It allows the compiler to handle callbacks for you and makes parallel programming a lot easier for developers.

Besides the Microsoft lectures there were also a lot of third party talks from people and companies who shared good ideas and tips.

All in all, two days well spend!

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 22:12

Google+

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jul 192011

I’m not a big fan of social networks like hyves and facebook, but due to social pressure (:P) I am still registered.

However, not long ago I got invited for Google+. Since I am quite pleased with the Google products i tried so far, I wanted to give it a shot.

It’s not to say it turned all my believes around and turned me into a full-time social network freak like most people, but i have to say that Google+ is by far the best one I have tried. Now I just hope I can convince my friends to also make the transition, and I might even consider being active on it:D

Anyway, try it out:

Google+

And if you have a facebook account (which you probably do!), check out this link:

http://www.howtogeek.com/67766/how-to-migrate-from-facebook-to-google/

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 15:53

Back from summerschool

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jul 102011

I got back from the summerschool “getting Moore from multi-cores” a few days ago and I would like to spend a post about it.

The organisation of the course was wonderfull. It was this way last year, and this year, even with a lot more people attending, they still pulled it off!

First of all, the lectures were very interesting and the people that were giving them were very knowledgable. It was inspiring. After every lecture, that took about the entire morning and a few hours in the afternoon, there were a few assignments that we could do to get a better feeling about what was told in the lectures.
It was however quite tiring to concentrate for such long periods, especially when you take in account the fact that they were trying to give us enormous amounts of new information in only five days. The fact that the atmosphere was very relaxed and the people that were attending were very interested in the subject, and very easygoing, made it very doable.

Besides the lectures every lunch was organised and payed for. There was also a (quite geeky:D) pub-quiz (which our group won!=D), and a bbq.

All on all I’m very pleased about the experience, and I hope there will be new summerschools next year!

A little movie about the summerschool (if you watch very closely you can see me @ 2:18):

http://www.folia.nl/rubriek/filmpjes/summer-school-2011-1981.html

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 22:27 Tagged with:

Getting Moore from multi-cores

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mei 232011

Some time ago I decited to apply for the summerschool “getting Moore from multi-cores”. Today I received comformation that I am accepted to the course. I’m quite excited since I went to the summerschool “5 talen in 5 dagen” last year, which was organised by the same people, and very interesting.

To quote their website:
“This summer school explores the changing face of computer systems and will provide you with new programming skills in getting the most from the current trend to multi-core architecture. Technology constrains mean it is no longer feasible to increase clock rates in newer generations of processors. Instead Moore’s law now dictates the doubling of the number of cores in each new generation of processor chip. Multi-core architecture is now common in both standard CPUs (central processing unit) and in GPUs (graphics processing unit).

During this week you will be introduced to new concepts in concurrent programming, introduced to new languages and you will get to grips with programming hundreds of cores in several different architectures.”

I will post an update about my experience later.

For more information on the summerschool:
http://www.multimoore.nl/

Posted by Jasper Lammers at 22:15 Tagged with:
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